Founded by Alexander Robertson (1851-1937) who began with small repair shop but expanded to became one the best known boat builders in the UK. Located on the River Clyde near Sandbank, Scotland. The company built many famous racing yachts including a number of English 12 meter challengers for the Americas Cup. Robertsons started building or finishing fiberglass boats on the premises in 1976, and was one of the first European builders of the ETCHELLS 22.